Now on the first day of the week Mary
Magdalene went to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the
stone had been taken away from the tomb. Then she ran and came to Simon Peter,
and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and said to them, "They have
taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid
Him."
Peter therefore went out, and the other
disciple, and were going to the tomb. So they both ran together, and the other
disciple outran Peter and came to the tomb first. And he, stooping down and
looking in, saw the linen cloths lying there; yet he did not go in. Then Simon
Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb; and he saw the linen cloths
lying there, and the handkerchief that had been around His head, not lying with
the linen cloths, but folded together in a place by itself. Then the other
disciple, who came to the tomb first, went in also; and he saw and believed.
(emphasis added) For as yet they did not know the Scripture, that He must rise
again from the dead.
Then the disciples went away again to their
own homes. But Mary stood outside by the tomb weeping, and as she wept she
stooped down and looked into the tomb. And she saw two angels in white sitting,
one at the head and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. Then
they said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping?" She said to them,
"Because they have taken away my Lord, and I do not know where they have
laid Him."
Now when she had said this, she turned around
and saw Jesus standing there, and did not know that it was Jesus. Jesus said to
her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you
seeking?" She, supposing Him to be the gardener, said to Him,
"Sir, if You have carried Him away, tell me where You have laid Him, and I
will take Him away." Jesus said to her, "Mary!"
She turned and said to Him, "Rabboni!" (which is to say, Teacher). Jesus
said to her, "Do not cling to Me, for I have not
yet ascended to My Father; but go to My brethren and say to them, 'I am
ascending to My Father and your Father, and to My God and your God.' "
Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that
He had spoken these things to her.
Then, the same day at evening, being the
first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were
assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to
them, "Peace be with you." When He had
said this, He showed them His hands and His side. Then the disciples were glad
when they saw the Lord. So Jesus said to them again, "Peace
to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you." And when He had said this, He breathed on them,
and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit.If you
forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any,
they are retained."
Now Thomas, called the Twin, one of the
twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. The other disciples therefore said
to him, "We have seen the Lord." So he said to them, "Unless I
see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of
the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe. (emphasis
added)."
And after eight days His disciples were again
inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus came, the doors being shut, and stood in
the midst, and said, "Peace to you!" Then
He said to Thomas, "Reach your finger here, and
look at My hands; and reach your hand here, and put it into My side. Do not be
unbelieving, but believing." And Thomas answered and said to Him,
"My Lord and my God!" Jesus said to him, "Thomas,
because you have seen Me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not
seen and yet have believed." (emphasis added)
… "I am the resurrection and the life. He who
believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and
believes in Me shall never die.” …
John 11: 25-26 NKJV
… that if you
confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has
raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes
unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation ...
Romans 10: 9-10 NKJV
For "whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be
saved."
Romans 10: 13 NKJV
So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Romans 10: 17 NKJV
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